Allegiance Nazi Germany Rank Oberleutnant zur See Service/branch Kriegsmarine | Years of service 1939–44 Name Hermann Stuckmann | |
Born 2 January 1921
Wuppertal-Barmen ( 1921-01-02 ) Buried at (45°52′N 02°36′W / 45.867°N 2.600°W / 45.867; -2.600 (Hermann Stuckmann (death))) Battles/wars World War II
Battle of the Atlantic Awards Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class
U-boat War Badge
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Died August 18, 1944, Bay of Biscay Battles and wars Battle of the Atlantic, World War II Unit 22nd U-boat Flotilla, 23rd U-boat Flotilla Commands held German submarine U-316, German submarine U-621 | ||
Hermann Stuckmann (2 January 1921 in Wuppertal-Barmen – 23 August 1944 in the Bay of Biscay) was a German U-boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. In his short combat career he sank one ship, and damaged two others.
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Career
Stuckmann joined the Kriegsmarine in September 1939. After training aboard the ship Schleswig-Holstein, he took part in the occupation of Denmark in April 1940. In July 1941 he joined the U-boat force and served as Watch Officer for more than a year aboard U-571 under the command of Kapitanleutnant Helmut Mohlmann.
In August 1943 Stuckmann commissioned the Type VIIC U-boat U-316, and was promoted to Oberleutnant zur See in October 1943. He commanded U-316 as a school boat in the Baltic Sea until May 1944, when he took command of the combat boat U-621. During the summer of 1944 he operated against Allied landing ships in the English Channel.
Stuckmann died on 18 August 1944, when U-621 was sunk with all hands in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle by depth charges from the Canadian destroyers Ottawa, Kootenay and Chaudiere.